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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

EPHRAIM HAMBUJER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOOL FOR OPENING BOXES, 80C.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,820, dated November 7, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHEAIM HAMEUJER, ot' the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combination-Hammer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, form` ing a part of this specitication, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation ofthis invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a hammer which, besides the ordinary tiat face for drivin gnails, presents a cutting-edge for cutting off hoops in opening boxes, or for cutting a recessin the edge of a box in closing,ascraper for scraping ott' the address on a box or for other similar purposes, a stationary claw for extracting nails, and a movable chisel-claw inserted in a socket in the hammer for the purpose of brcing open the coversof boxes, in such amanner that one and the same tool combines all the devices necessary or convenient in opening or closing boxes and for other operations.

A represents a hammer, provided with a handle, B, which is secured in the eye O. Said eye is long, so as to give to the handle a tirm bearing; but said handle does not extend clear through the eye, leaving room for the chiselclaw D, which is inserted therein, if it is desired to elongate its shank and to obtain a long leverage in prying open a box. Said chiseLclaw is constructed in the ordinary manner with a shank, by means ot' which it can be held :in the left hand, while the right hand wields the hammer in driving` said claw in under the cover of a box.

One face, a, of my hammer is flat, as shown, andthe other, b, presents a sharp cutting-edge, the former being intended for driving nails or other similar purposes and the latter to take the place of a hatchet.

My hammer is also provided witha stationary claw, c, intended to extract nails in the usual manner, with the exception that my claw is situated over the flat face a ofthe hammer instead of at the opposite end thereof.

A scraper, d, serves to scrapeott'the addresses from boxes or to clean the covers of the same, so as to obtain a good surface for writing the new address The form and shape of the hammer, or ot' the various parts thereof', may, of course, be changed in various different ways, and l do not wish to contine myself to the precise shape shown in the drawings.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A combinationhammercontaininga flat face and a sharp cutting-edge, a stationary claw, and a movable chisel-claw, and a scraper, substantially as herein set forth, as a new article of manufacture.

E. HAMBUJER.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, C. L. TorLIEF. 

